Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / October 2003

Just recently our Guinea pig has started to eat her hair. Poppy is a medium
haired guinea pig but she is keeping it trimmed now. She is bathed quite
regularly so her hair is never dirty or matted. There is no sign of her
scratching or biting her skin (possibility of mites) and she's ...

Well, the piggies are in the process of getting their new palace. I'm
wondering what kinds of toys to give them now that they'll have lots of room
to romp and play.
What sorts of toys do your piggies like? What toys are big no no's? I've

Thank you all for your kind thoughts - sadly Lila passed away shortly before
she was scheduled for the exam. The vet came to check on her and found her
peacefully gone with Brows snuggled up next to her. I am glad she had
company in her last minutes and I am sure she knows she was ...

Mitzi's babies are going to be 4 weeks old on Thursday.  All 5 are boys and
I'm anxious not to have any more babies, so when can they be separated from
her?  Can they go to their new homes straight from her or should I keep hold
for another week?

My pigs don't like me anymore.
I gave them to my grandma for the past two weeks, because
a pig is due eventually.  This house is empty all day, and I
didn't want them unsupervised while birthing. Now they pur

My little barber Lila subject of previous posts is at the vet today for a
mouth exam. She has not been eating and her weight has dropped to 550grams.
I have been feeding her by syringe but there is a problem with her mouth - I
can hear grinding even when taking the liquids. She has ...

Fern finally had her babies on Tuesday evening - as I looked on... ;o)
All three babies are healthy and happy (currently bouncing around
their cage). They're albino, though I'm not sure if they'll end up
with brown points like Fern, or if they'll stay white. Gave them some

We took our pig to the vet today and confirmed the behavior changes are from
pregnancy.   We have only had her for almost 5 weeks and now we will have 3
babies.  We took an x ray and can confirm 3 babies (there could be more)
So now what.  We have put her back into the starter cage ...

can piggies eat pumpkin raw, we where just carving some up, I try to
give the a variety of foods, but wanted some feed back before I give
them any.

a few minutes ago, Tyca gave birth to FOUR wonderful babies. All healthy &
active. I made a bunch of pictures from the birth itself and the youngsters
as they were licked clean by all the girls; Brandy (Tyca's mum), Ruby, Wiske
(also pregnant) and Lola, little Amy got the ...

I bought 3 GP's from a local pet shop, all sisters, for my daughters
birthday over 18 months ago.
All three of them are still terrified of us. When they see us coming they
run in the opposite direction. When we pet them they wriggle free and run

I was wonder about something noone will probably know.
Life is so random.
My black self is about to give birth, and the father
is  a calico looking long hair. Silky maybe.

We have had our pig now for 1 month.  We adopted her from a petstore and
they said she was about 3 months old (she weight 500gm).
This past weekend she started Popcorning and we were so excited as we saw
this as her starting to accept us.

She's been here for about two weeks now, and doesn't go running away to
hide if she's in the open of her cage when I walk into my bedroom.
She's still hard to catch, though, and she's *definitely* the quietest
guinea pig I've ever had!

We've changed the floor area to towels, and given them a large container of
stinky wood chips.  Every time I find a poo on the towel I throw it into the
litter box.  Although they seem to enjoy using the litter box, they also
don't care at all if they just walk around pooping and ...